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Cameron says no to Archer return

DAVID CAMERON has said that he would ensure that Lord Archer, the disgraced former Tory party chairman, would not be permitted to rejoin the Conservatives in the House of Lords.

Archer has reportedly applied to become a member of a Conservative Association in Cambridge. However, Conservative Central Office said last night that his application had yet to be processed.

Archer was convicted of perjury in 2001 and served two years of a four-year prison sentence. He was running as the Tory candidate for mayor of London when he was charged over inventing an alibi in a 1987 libel case involving a prostitute.

Cameron moved quickly yesterday to quash any suggestion that Archer might be on the verge of yet another comeback. A spokesman said: “David Cameron believes Lord Archer’s days as an active politician are over. There is no question about this — he will not be allowed to take the